_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

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_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

It could be either. THere is often some variance between lines, especially early in the week. More likely, it moved between when I looked at ESPN and when you looked at (wherever you look)

Rider saw it at 9.5

_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

Root For SMU. A win makes them bowl eligible. I don’t think they get another win till they play us, and I don’t want them playing us in a make or break game

_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

Yes. That would make me want them to already be at 6 wins all the more.

_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

_________________You want experience running the entire show? You got it. You want someone young and energetic? You got it. You wanted someone with absolutely no ties to Cowen/Dickson? You got it. - TU23

I’m not afraid of SMU. I’d pick us to beat them either way (unless we spin out in the meantime). But I’d always rather the other team have less to play for rather than more, Be it a team we are an underdog against or heavily favored against.

_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

I’m not afraid of SMU. I’d pick us to beat them either way (unless we spin out in the meantime). But I’d always rather the other team have less to play for rather than more, Be it a team we are an underdog against or heavily favored against.

I think you're getting better at not flatly saying that you're afraid but you still let things slip.

_________________You want experience running the entire show? You got it. You want someone young and energetic? You got it. You wanted someone with absolutely no ties to Cowen/Dickson? You got it. - TU23

Think what you want. I think it’s stupid to prefer smu at 5-6 to smu at 6-5

_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

I would rather SMU be 6-5 as well. Football is a zero sum game. The worse your opponent plays the better chance you have of winning. LG, roller, will you go into Friday's game thinking, "well golly, I sure hope Memphis has been focused all week and is ready to play their best football." Because that is essentially what you are suggesting. Prof appears to simply prefer that SMU not be motivated to play their best game of the year against us.

I would rather SMU be 6-5 as well. Football is a zero sum game. The worse your opponent plays the better chance you have of winning. LG, roller, will you go into Friday's game thinking, "well golly, I sure hope Memphis has been focused all week and is ready to play their best football." Because that is essentially what you are suggesting. Prof appears to simply prefer that SMU not be motivated to play their best game of the year against us.

Quite the opposite. If you go in thinking "I hope my opponent is handicapped," then you're "running scared," and that ain't good.

OTOH, a winning attitude says "whatever the opponent brings, I'm better, and I can handle it. If the opponent makes it easier on me, that's great, but I'm up for victory, regardless."

SMU won, and looked bad doing it. I'm feeling even better about that game than I was originally. If I were picking right now I'd take us over Cincy, ECU, and SMU, and I think we have a legit shot (at least 40%) against H-Town. I spent most of this season thinking the Memphis game would be even uglier than it was. Brush it off and let's play the way we are capable the rest of the way......

_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16

_________________“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.”--Troy Dannen 11.5.16